Research report 2014 - Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

Graphene – wonder material or temporary fashion?

Authors

Müllen, Klaus

Departments

Synthetische Chemie

Summary

Two phenomena will be crucial for our future society: Energy supply and data processing. The quality of our problem-solving approach depends on the materials. Graphene, a monolayer segment of graphite, is being dealt with as a wonder material. Which demands have to be fulfilled to ensure solid, promising technologies on a graphene basis?